Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 20 points for Palmer and 17 for Ayari, so Palmer is the pick.

What does this comparison account for?

Price, ownership, form, expected goals and assists per 90, minutes reliability, and the difficulty of each player's next five fixtures.

Palmer vs Ayari

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 4 projected points.

Palmer

CHELSEA · MID · £9.7

projected points / 5 GW

Buy71%

EVE (A)TOT (H)MUN (H)SUN (A)LEE (H)

Ayari

BRIGHTON · MID · £5.4

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

CRY (H)LIV (A)MCI (A)BRE (H)HUL (A)

Stat by stat

£9.7Price£5.4

38Total points31

4.0Form6.3

5.4Points / game5.2

26.1%Owned0.4%

619Minutes500

2Goals2

4Assists1

1.44xG1.10

0.92xA0.20

49.8ICT17.2

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.2

20Projected pts17

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (20 vs 17), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Palmer is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

Buy — Ayari is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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